Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-29
In MEMORY OF CALHOUN.
CEREMONIES AT THE UNWILLING OF
CHARLESTONS STATUE.
Many Distinguished Guests in Attendance
A Description of the Statue-Eulo-
Cystic Grafton by secretary Lamar
slavery Touched Upon.

tary and civic procession which preceded
the unwilling ceremonies Nearly all the
chief men of the State and many prom
Lnent visitors from abroad came here to dc
honor to the memory of South Cardinals
distinguished son.
The parade marched through the main
streets OF the city to Marion square where
the monument is erected. The military
display was magnificent. The ceremonies
included an grafton by Hon. l.. @. c. La
mar, secretary of the interior The rush
20 hear Secretary Lamar was immense
and the great square was black with PEG.
pie, while every available gallery, piazza.
window and other point of vantage was
occupied. Nothing occurred to mar the
success and pleasure of the day.
The statue was designed by A. Il. Har-
nisch OF lone aud was cast in bronze IN
that city. The statue is Ia feet in height
and represents Calhoun about to address
the listening Senate" 1t rests upon n
huge base of granite, As feet high.
When IN life the senator rose from his
seat his cloak fell from his shoulders, and
me sculptor, has reproduced it lying on
che chair behind him. He is represented
with one hand raised and the index finger
emphasizing geS ure.
The allegOrlcal figures around the base
of the statue are well executed Truth
holds mirror; Justice a sword and
shield with the coat of arms of South Car
Olina engraved upon it; the figure of the
constitution holds the sceptre in her right
hand, ready to enforce the laws written
i'll the book which she holds in her lap.
On the opposite side is the figure repre-
senting history.
SEC. LAMAR's GRAFTON.
Mr.. Lamar said We are assembled to
unveil the statue which has been erected
10 commemorate the life and services of
John Caldwell Calhoun. 1t is an inter
eSting fact that this statue is reared, not
in the center of political power the cap
jtal OF the nation, or in the emporium of
American material civilization, but in his
own native State, where he lived all his
life and where he was buried. This cir
"umstance Is III harmony with the life
and character Of the man One of the
most impressive traits of that life and
character was the attachment between
himself ana the people of South Carolina,
Ills devotion to their welfare was sleep
less, and they al ways felt Il deep, unfalter-
ing, proud, and alfectionate reliance upon
his wisdom and leadership. The speaker
chen described southern planters home
as represented by that of Calhoun. spoke
of Calhoun's Intellectual contributions to
the age in which he lived, and dwelt on
his stainless purity of life. The speaker
continued; And now, fellow citizens,
must take him away from your hearts.
where he is enshrine in choicest at
lection and reverence, and bear him be-
fore those stern, ultimate iudges-history,
country, and God. These are
80 take the exact measure of his life, his
his character, and his motives,
without any favor or affection, and with
the inlleXible tests aud scrutiny of Justice.
Ia the early history of our republic two
different powers ere III the presence of
each othrl-the principle of local state
sovereignty and tnaj of national union
Both Of these powers We're to be found IN
the embryo OF our political system.
If the constitutional history of the
| nited states had stopped with the
adoption uI the Federal Constitution by
the original ID states, 1t would hardly be |
questioned that this government was
government of sovereign States with every
attribute of State sovereignty retained in |
It's system. But the law of development
applies to human society as much as to |
any other created being. Now, although |
the Declaration OF Independence and the |
articles OF confederation and the Const |,
tuition of the United States were all based
upon the assumption of the independence
and sovereignty of the several States, vet
in point of historical fact the Inhabitants |
Of the American colonies, both before and |
after independence, were, in many i'm |
pOrtant respects, one people. These col |
onies, as one body polite, were one peo-
pie in being subject to the authority of
the British sovereign they were one peo- !
pie rs being subject in their civil and
social relations to the common law of
England they were one people respect
ing their rights as Englishmen which to
the honor of England were planted by
their cradles in the infancy of their colo
nial existence they were one people in
a n Tn n hlnnn m nd
pecialy i'll being subjected to common
and thrilled by the intrinsic
glory of a noble cause into unity of Am |
erican patriotism. Although these facts
may not be found in State papers and
records of legislation, they shot their roots
deep INTO the thought, the belief, the in
stnct of the great mass of the people"
The speaker then traced the develop |
ment of the country and government up
TO the Civil War and continued: 1t is |
not necessary here to go over the policy |
Of reconstruction. The result was full |
and equal restoration of the Southern |
States, with all their rights under the |
constitution, upon the one condition that
they would recognize as elements of their |
new political life, the validity of the 18th,
i4th and 18th amendments to the const- !
tuition, guaranteeing and establishing the
indissolubility of the American Union
and the universally of American free
those States, by their faithful adherence
20 this pledge, steadily advancing, year by
year. in to their right of government,
taking their place with larger numbers
and wider influence in the councils of the
nation, and doing all this with temper,
moderation and patriotism that is fast
a general belief among the
mass of the Northern people that the full
and equal presence of the South, accord
ing to the measure of her population and
resources in every department of the
government, so far from being a danger
10 the national Security, is contribution
10 its highest and best interests.
Mr.. Lamar then traced the part taken
5y California in national legislation quot
ing literally from some of the latters
best speeches to explain his views. With
reference to slavery he said:
Fellow-citizens The institution of slav-
cry That question has been settled
Slavery is dead-buried in a grave that
never gives up its dead. Why reopen it
to-day Let it rest Yet, if | remain
silent upon the subject it will be taken AS
an admission that there is one part of
Mr.. Calhoun's life of which it is prudent
fer his friends to say nothing to the pres
emit generation. Discrimination and eva